Fort Wayne police involved in 3rd fatal shooting

FORT WAYNE

Fort Wayne's third police shooting in as many months resulted in the death of one of two men who fled officers during a routine traffic stop, police said. The second man remained at large Sunday.

Police Chief Rusty York said the man who was shot pointed a gun at officers after being confronted during a foot chase Saturday afternoon on the city's southeast side. The Allen County coroner's office identified the man as Tavontae Jamar Haney, 19, of Fort Wayne.

York said the two officers fired at the man to protect themselves.

A police spokesman, Officer Jeremy Webb, said a gun was found near Haney's body.

The Fort Wayne Police Department and the Indiana State Police will investigate the shooting, and the Allen County prosecutor's office will decide if the use of force was justified, Webb said.

In the two previous fatal police shootings, two police snipers shot a man in a house March 20 after he killed a woman and took a 3-year-old boy hostage, and on Feb. 20, an officer shot an armed man suspected of robbing a drugstore.

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Fort Wayne police involved in 3rd fatal shooting

Fort Wayne's third police shooting in as many months resulted in the death of one of two men who fled officers during a routine traffic stop, police said. The second man remained at large Sunday.